Year 1676
The East India Company got the right to exchange Indian currency from the King of England in Mumbai.
OCTOBER 5
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5 October: What Happened On This Day in History
Curated historical timeline of momentous political pacts, freedom struggle uprisings, constitutional developments, scientific breakthroughs, and prominent birthdays recorded on 5 October.
Observances & Special Days
World Teachers' Day
International Day of No Prostitution
Year 1989
Meera Sahib Biwi became the first woman judge of the Supreme Court.
Year 1997
Prime Minister Indra Kumar Gujral unveiled the statue of Mahatma Gandhi at the Source Jinja from the capital Kampala to the Nile River.
Year 1999
India decided not to attend a special meeting on the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty (CTBT).
Year 2011
The world’s cheapest Rs 2250 tablet PC ‘Aakash’ was released in India.
Born 1524
Rani Durgavati was the ruling Queen of Gondwana from 1550 until 1564. It was her achievements that further enhanced the glory of her ancestral tradition of courage and patronage.
Born 1923
Kailashpati Mishra was a politician. He was a leader of Jana Sangh and later BJP. He was also the Finance Minister of Bihar in 1977.
Born 1934
Srinivasa Iyer Ramaswamy, also known as Cho Ramaswamy, was an actor, comedian, character actor, editor, political satirist, playwright, dialogue writer, film director, and lawyer in Tamil Nadu.
Born 1963
Adil Hussain is an actor who worked in the Indian as well as international cinema. He has been a part of films such as The Reluctant Fundamentalist and Life of Pi and also received National Film Awards at the 2017 National Film Awards for Hotel Salvation and Maj Rati Keteki.
Born 1973
Vishwas Narayan Nangare Patil is the Jt Commissioner of police, Mumbai City and Former Commissioner of Police, Nashik city. In 2015, he was awarded the President’s Police Medal for his role in the counter terrorist operations during the 2008 Mumbai attacks.
Born 1973
S Ravi Varman is a cinematographer, filmmaker, producer, and writer who worked Tamil, Malayalam, and Hindi language films.
Born 1980
Vanitha Vijayakumar is an actress who appeared in Tamil, Malayalam, and Telugu language films.
Born 1984
Avinesh Rekhi is a TV actor, well known for portraying the role of Sultan Kundra in Madhubala – Ek Ishq Ek Junoon and Uma Shankar in Tu Sooraj Main Saanjh, Piyaji.
Born 1999
Washington Sundar is a cricketer who has played for the Indian national under-19 cricket team as a Batsman.
Died 1929
Payyappilly Varghese Kathanar was a Syro-Malabar priest from Kerala. He was the founder of the congregation of Sisters of the Destitute and was also declared Venerable by Pope Francis on 14 April 2018.
Died 1930
Christopher Thomson, 1st Baron Thomson, Indian-English soldier and politician, Secretary of State for Air (b. 1875)
Died 1976
Prabhu Lal Bhatnagar was a mathematician known for his contribution to the Bhatnagar–Gross–Krook operator that is used in the Lattice Boltzmann methods.
Died 1991
Ramnath Goenka was a newspaper publisher who launched The Indian Express in 1932. He created the Indian Express Group with English and various regional language publications.
Died 1997
Chitta Basu was a politician and leader of the All India Forward Bloc. He also served as the General Secretary of the party from 1977 till his death in 1997.